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Whitburn, Joel (2004), Joel Whitburn's Hot Dance/Disco 1974-2003, Menomonee Falls, WI: Record Research, ISBN 0-89820-156-X, archived from the original on 2010-03-16; Some weeks may also be found at Billboard magazine courtesy of Google Books: 1980—1984
Billboard launched Disco Action chart, its first dance music chart, on the issue dated October 26; the first number one was "Never Can Say Goodbye" by Gloria Gaynor. [2] 1975: Record World began compiling a dance chart which incorporated club play on a national level, with "Bad Luck" by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes as the first number-one single.
Whitburn, Joel (2004), Joel Whitburn's Hot Dance/Disco 1974-2003, Menomonee Falls, WI: Record Research, ISBN 0-89820-156-X; Some weeks may also be found at Billboard magazine courtesy of Google Books: 1980—1984
The 1980s produced chart-topping hits in pop, hip-hop, rock, and R&B. Here's a list of the best songs from the time, ranging from Toto to Michael Jackson.
Well, some parents are proving the '80s aren't that far away — through dance. The decade's music and signature dance moves are being celebrated in a new TikTok trend, which has kids ask their ...
Michael Jackson had the highest number of top hits at the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1980s (9 songs). In addition, Jackson remained the longest at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1980s (27 weeks). Madonna ranked as the most successful female artist of the 1980s, with 7 songs and 15 weeks atop the chart.
The Dance Club Songs (also known as National Disco Action, Hot Dance/Disco Club Play, and Hot Dance Club Play) was a chart published weekly between 1976 and 2020 by Billboard magazine. It used club disc jockeys set lists to determine the most popular songs being played in nightclubs across the United States.
House music is a style of electronic dance music which originated in Chicago, Illinois, in the early 1980s. [36] House music was strongly influenced by elements of soul- and funk-infused varieties of disco. Club play from pioneering DJs like Ron Hardy and Lil Louis, local dance music record shops, and the popular Hot Mix 5 shows on radio ...